Hallmark Cards, Inc. [KANSAS CITY] announced that Sharon L. McCollam, former executive vice president and chief administrative and chief financial officer of Best Buy Co., Inc., and former executive vice president and chief operating and chief financial officer of Williams-Sonoma Inc., has been elected to the board of directors. McCollam today serves as a member of the board of directors of Art.com and Sutter Health.

Vera Bradley, Inc. [Roanoke, Indiana] announced that Kevin Sierks, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Vera Bradley, will be leaving the Company. John Enwright, Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis, will assume the position of Interim Chief Financial Officer. Enwright joined the Company in 2014 and held various financial positions of increasing responsibility at Tiffany & Co. for the fifteen years prior to joining Vera Bradley.

Cognex Corporation [NATICK, Mass.] (NASDAQ: CGNX) has announced the retirement of Richard A. Morin, Executive Vice President of Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer, after 18 years with the company. John J. Curran, Cognex’s Senior Vice President of Finance, will succeed Mr. Morin as CFO. Mr. Morin will continue with the company as Secretary of Cognex’s Board of Directors. Mr. Curran joined Cognex in September 2016 after a 21-year career at EMC Corporation, where he most recently served as Senior Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller. Prior to that, he was Interim CFO for Pivotal, Inc.

Freeman [DALLAS] announced that Phil Rehkemper has been named executive vice president and chief financial officer of the company. Prior to joining Freeman, Rehkemper was chief financial officer for Sensity Systems. Previously, Rehkemper served as the CFO for API Technologies Corp. and was on the management team for International Rectifier as its vice president of finance, was CFO and vice president of finance at Alliance Fiber Optic Products, and was the corporate controller at Calient Networks. Rehkemper also provided financial leadership for Hewlett Packard.

QuickLogic Corporation [SUNNYVALE, CA] (NASDAQ: QUIK) has promoted Sue Cheung to chief financial officer in addition to vice president of finance. Sue Cheung joined QuickLogic in 2007, and has assumed increasing responsibility for the financial management of the company. Most recently, Dr. Cheung was promoted to Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer in August 2016 after having served as Principal Accounting Officer since May 2015. Prior to joining QuickLogic, Dr. Cheung was a Senior Manager of SEC Reporting and Technical Accounting at Dell SonicWALL from 2006 to 2007 and was the Senior Accounting Manager at VeriFone System, Inc. from 2005 to 2006. Prior to 2005, Dr. Cheung held various senior accounting and financial management roles in both publicly traded and privately held companies. Dr. Cheung began her career with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) where she served as an auditor and as a tax consultant.

Wood Partners [ATLANTA] announced that Matt Trammell has been named its new Chief Financial Officer. Trammell has worked for Wood Partners for over eight years, where he most recently served as Senior Vice President of Finance and Asset Management.

Carlisle Companies Incorporated [SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.] (NYSE: CSL) announced the appointment of Robert M. Roche as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He replaces Steven J. Ford, who will continue to serve as Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of the Company and retain responsibility for managing the Company’s investor relations. Mr. Roche joins Carlisle from Johnson Controls plc where he most recently served as JCI/Tyco Merger Integration Lead. Mr. Roche joined Tyco in 2003 and has held several senior operating and finance positions including Senior Vice President of Finance, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President, Corporate Audit Services.

Persado [NEW YORK, NY] announced the appointment of Grigoris Kouteris as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Kouteris was most recently at Upstream, as Upstream’s Managing Director since 2012. Other positions he held at Upstream, which he joined in 2006, included business development, global account management, and commercial operations. Before that at strategy consulting firm Mars & Co. He was also senior consultant at the European Tech Labs of Accenture.

Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. [HONOLULU] (NYSE: HE) announced that James A. Ajello, HEI’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), will retire. HEI has named Gregory C. Hazelton, HEI’s Senior Vice President, Finance, as his successor. Ajello will join the board of directors of HEI subsidiary American Savings Bank, F.S.B. (American). Hazelton, has over 25 years’ experience in the power and utility sector commencing with an eight-year career at Portland General Electric as a CPA in a variety of financial roles. Hazelton spent more than 12 years at leading global investment banking firms, including as Managing Director in the Global Power & Utilities Group of UBS Investment Bank. Prior to returning to HEI in October 2016, Hazelton served as Senior Vice President, CFO and Treasurer for Northwest Natural Gas Company.

Xignite [SAN MATEO, Calif.] announced that former Microsoft executive Mark Rowe has joined the company as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining Xignite, Rowe was Interim CFO and Vice President, Finance and Operations at 3D Robotics. Previously Rowe spent over ten years at Microsoft in various senior finance leadership roles. Most recently he was Senior Director, Finance Business Intelligence. Prior to Microsoft, Rowe was CFO at Myrio Corporation, and Corporate Controller at Amazon.com.

Nephros, Inc. [RIVER EDGE, NJ] (OTCQB: NEPH) announced that it had hired Andrew Astor as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Astor was most recently President and Chief Financial Officer at Open Source Consulting Group. Previously, he was a Managing Director at Synechron, from 2013 to 2015. From 2009 to 2013, he served as Vice President at Asurion. Mr. Astor was co-founder of the software company EnterpriseDB, and served as its CEO from 2004 to 2008. Mr. Astor was Vice President, Strategic Solutions at webMethods, from 2002 to 2004. Mr. Astor was Vice President of Transactional Products at Dun & Bradstreet from 1998 to 2001. Prior to 1998, Mr. Astor held various roles at American Management Systems, SHL/MCI Systemhouse, and Ernst & Young.

JBG Companies [CHEVY CHASE, Md.] announced that Stephen W. Theriot will serve as Chief Financial Officer of JBG SMITH Properties. Mr. Theriot has served as Chief Financial Officer of Vornado Realty Trust since 2013. Prior to joining Vornado, Mr. Theriot had been a partner of Deloitte & Touche LLP, most recently serving as the Managing Partner of Deloitte’s Northeast real estate practice. He joined Deloitte in 1986 and for many years was Vornado’s lead outside auditor.

Vornado Realty Trust [New York, New York] announced that Joseph Macnow, Vornado’s Executive Vice President – Finance and Chief Administrative Officer and its long-time Chief Financial Officer prior to 2013, will become Chief Financial Officer on an interim basis, following the departure of Stephen W. Theriot, Vornado’s Chief Financial Officer since 2013.

STX Entertainment [BURBANK, Calif.] announced the appointment of Andrew Warren as Chief Financial Officer. Warren comes to STX from Discovery Communications where he served as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Previously, he was CFO of Liz Clairborne, Inc. and held senior executive positions at General Electric, and he led all finance activities at the NBC Network, Studios, CNBC, MSNBC, USA, SciFi and Bravo. Warren began his career in the Financial Management Program at GE.

Terex Corporation [WESTPORT, Conn.] (NYSE: TEX) announced that John D. Sheehan will succeed Kevin Bradley as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Sheehan most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Mylan, Inc., from 2010 through April 1, 2016. Prior to joining Mylan, Mr. Sheehan worked in a variety of financial positions at Delphi Corporation. During his last two years at Delphi he served as Chief Financial Officer. Additionally, Mr. Sheehan’s experience includes 20 years with KPMG LLP where he was an Audit Engagement Partner.

Fasten [BOSTON, MA] announced the addition of David Piperno as Chief Financial Officer. Piperno spent the past three years as vice president of strategy and finance at Zipcar. He joined Zipcar from its parent company Avis Budget Group where he served as vice president and corporate controller. Prior to Avis Budget, he spent more than a decade in senior positions at AIG and Deloitte in finance, risk management and mergers and acquisitions.

Exeter Finance Corp. [IRVING, Texas] announced the appointment of company veteran Brad Nall to Chief Financial Officer. Nall joined Exeter Finance Corp. in July 2012 and has over 25 years of experience in the consumer finance industry. Prior to Exeter, he spent 12 years at Citi’s auto finance and personal loan businesses in various finance roles.

BitSight [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced that Brian Cohen joins BitSight as the company’s first Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining BitSight, Cohen served as CFO of DigitalOcean.

Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. [Bridgewater, New Jersey] announced that Karen L. Rosenberger was resigning as the Company’s Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. The Company has initiated an external search for a full time successor as Chief Financial Officer.

Adgero Biopharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. [PRINCETON, NJ] announced that it has appointed Jane M. Maida as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance. Ms. Maida joins the Adgero team from her most recent role as Chief Financial Officer of Signum Biosciences, Inc. While at Signum Biosciences, Inc., she also served as the CFO for its subsidiaries, Signum Dermalogix, Inc. and Signum Nutralogix, Inc. Prior to that, Ms. Maida served as the CFO of Abeille Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Ms. Maida also served as CFO and Chief Accounting Officer at Physiome Sciences, Inc. Prior to that, she served as Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer of Cytogen Corporation. Other positions Ms. Maida has held include Chief Financial and Information Officer at Mustard Seed, and Director of Finance at The Liposome Company, Inc.

NeuLion, Inc. [PLAINVIEW, NY] (TSX: NLN) announced that Tim Alavathil is taking on the role of Chief Financial Officer, replacing Trevor Renfield, who resigned from the position. Mr. Alavathil previously held the position of Chief Accounting Officer since June 2016 and prior to that was Senior Vice President, Finance of the Company since November 2014. Mr. Alavathil also held the position Director, Financial Reporting and Accounting from September 2005 to October 2014.

Frank’s International N.V. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: FI) announced that Jeffrey Bird, Frank’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer will leave the Company. The Company’s Board of Supervisory Directors has named Kyle McClure, the Company’s Senior Vice President of Finance and Treasurer, as Interim Chief Financial Officer.

Identiv Inc. [FREMONT, Calif.] (NASDAQ: INVE) announced that Sandra Wallach has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Sandra Wallach follows Steven Finney, who has been serving as Interim CFO since November 2015. Prior to joining Identiv, Ms. Wallach was the VP Finance for MiaSole, as well as CFO for subsidiary Global Solar. Prior to that, she served as CFO of San Francisco-based UBM Tech, a subsidiary of UBM LLC, and VP Finance at Juniper Networks (from 2008 – 2011) as well as holding different financial management positions with Intuit (2003 – 2007). Before joining Intuit, Ms. Wallach served as CFO of General Electric’s (GE) Industrial Systems, Drives & Controls division. Previously, she held a range of financial and management positions since joining GE in 1986.

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TPC Group [HOUSTON] announced the appointment of Bart de Jong as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Company. Mr. de Jong has been working with the Company for the past 10 months on a consulting basis. Mr. de Jong began his career in auditing with KPMG, then held various accounting and internal audit positions at ExxonMobil. He spent the majority of his career with LyondellBasell and predecessor companies, with a wide range of experiences and responsibilities in strategic planning, finance, corporate development and human resources. During his time at LyondellBasell, Mr. de Jong served as President of a number of divisions, including inorganic chemicals and fuels, as well as leading LyondellBasell’s Americas businesses and operations. Early in his career, he also served as CFO of a startup technology company.

Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) announced the appointment of Vasant M. Prabhu as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prabhu succeeds Byron Pollitt, who previously announced his intent to retire. Mr. Prabhu joins Visa from NBCUniversal Media, LLC, where he served as chief financial officer. Prior to joining NBCUniversal in 2014, Prabhu served as the chief financial officer for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. since 2004. In 2010, Prabhu also was named vice chairman of Starwood. He also served as executive vice president and chief financial officer for Safeway Inc., and held senior leadership roles at The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., PepsiCo, Inc. and Booz, Allen & Hamilton. Prabhu is currently a member of the board of directors of Mattel, Inc.

Brown Shoe Company (NYSE: BWS) announced Kenneth Hannah has been named senior vice president and chief financial officer of the company, replacing Russ Hammer as of February 16, 2015. Hannah most recently served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of JC Penney Company, Inc. Prior to that time, he served in multiple executive roles at SunEdison (formerly MEMC Electronic Materials), including president of Solar Energy and of Solar Materials and as vice president and CFO. Hannah also held executive positions at The Home Depot, and these included senior vice president of Operations, senior vice president of Finance, and vice president of Financial Planning and Analysis. Earlier in his career, he served in various finance roles of increasing responsibility at The Boeing Company, General Electric Company and McDonnell Douglas Corporation.

Cintas Corporation (NASDAQ: CTAS) announced the appointment of J. Michael Hansen as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Hansen joined Cintas’ Finance Department in 1995 and has held numerous positions across the corporation including Operations General Manager and Corporate Controller. He has served as Vice President and Treasurer since 2010, working closely with recently retired CFO, William C. Gale. Before joining Cintas, Hansen worked at Ernst & Young and Rockwell International.

Cablevision Systems Corporation (NYSE: CVC) announced that the company’s president Brian G. Sweeney will also become chief financial officer, effective March 1, 2015. Mr. Sweeney succeeds Gregg Seibert who will continue to serve as vice chairman of Cablevision, working on the company’s long-term strategic and financial initiatives. In separate announcements also made today, The Madison Square Garden Company (MSG) and AMC Networks Inc. (AMC) appointed Mr. Seibert vice chairman of MSG and vice chairman of AMC, respectively. Mr. Seibert will continue to serve as a senior member of the company’s leadership team, providing strategic and financial counsel as Cablevision’s vice chairman. Prior to his appointment as president of the company, Mr. Sweeney was senior executive vice president, strategy and chief of staff to the CEO. Prior to that role, he was senior vice president of e-media. Mr. Sweeney began his career in 1993 at Cablevision’s programming division Rainbow Media (now AMC Networks) as vice president of information systems. Mr. Sweeney serves as a member of Cablevision’s board of directors, and is also on the board of directors at AMC Networks and The Madison Square Garden Company.

Zero Motorcycles announced that Curt Sacks has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Sacks had previously served as CFO for GigOptix Inc. and Endwave Corporation.

A123 Systems LLC announced that b has joined the company as its Chief Financial Officer. Over the past 4 years, Brad has served as the Chief Financial Officer of Chassix, Inc and Acument Global Technologies, Inc. His prior background includes similar roles at L&W Engineering, Plastech Engineered Products, LDM Technologies as well as an audit focused tenure at Ernst & Young.

Epizyme, Inc. (NASDAQ: EPZM) announced that Andrew Singer will join the Company as Chief Financial Officer on February 9th. Mr. Singer was previously Managing Director, Healthcare Investment Banking, in the Life Sciences Group at RBC Capital Markets Corporation, part of RBC Financial Group. Prior to RBC, Mr. Singer worked at Petkevitch and Company, and co-founded MVC Capital. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the J. F. Kapnek Trust.

AppDynamics announced that Randy Gottfried has joined the company as chief financial officer. Gottfried will succeed Walter Berger, who resigned late last year. To assist in the transition, Berger will remain with AppDynamics through the end of March. Most recently, Gottfried was CFO and COO of Riverbed Technology, where he worked from 2004 until 2013. Prior to Riverbed, Gottfried held a variety of senior finance roles at Inktomi and Sybase.

Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCMP) announced the appointment of Andrew Smith to Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Smith previously served as Sucampo’s Vice President, Operations & Finance. Mr. Smith joined Sucampo in 2011 as Principal Accounting Officer and was most recently Vice President, Operations and Finance. Prior to joining Sucampo, Mr. Smith was Finance Director and Company Secretary for Retroscreen Virology Ltd. and the Finance Director and Company Secretary of Clearlab Europe, a division of 1-800 Contacts Inc., following its acquisition of VisionTec CL, of which he was co-founder and member of its Board of Directors. In addition, he previously held senior financial management positions at Biocompatibles plc, Hydron Ltd (acquired by Biocompatibles) and Allergan Inc.

Altitude Digital announced that Bradley Downes has been named the company’s first Chief Financial Officer. Downes joins Altitude Digital from Groupon, where he held several finance roles during his tenure with the company, including VP of Finance; Finance Manger – Operations; and Senior Manager – Treasury. Prior to Groupon, Downes worked in investment banking, with positions at Lazard Middle Market and Lehman Brothers. He will be based in Denver, Colorado.

Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: SRNE) announced that Glen Sato, former Chief Financial Officer at PDL Biopharma, Inc. and Exelixis, Inc., and partner at Cooley LLC, has been retained to provide support for the ongoing strategic financial and legal initiatives in the business and operations of the Company.

Rollins, Inc. (NYSE: ROL) announced that Sr. Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Harry J. Cynkus will retire in 2015. The company has selected Eddie Northen to succeed Cynkus effective May 1. Northen joined UPS in 1985. Most recently, he was Vice President of International Finance & Accounting – Global Business Services for UPS. Earlier he was CFO of UPS’ Asia Pacific Region based in Hong Kong. Northen also served as Vice President of Finance in the company’s Pacific and West Regions.

My Fit Foods announced the appointment of Michael Lubitz as the newest member of its growing executive team. Immediately prior to joining My Fit Foods, Mr. Lubitz served as Chief Financial Officer of Hurricane AMT, LLC. Mr. Lubitz’s broad experience also includes serving as the Chief Financial Officer of ADF Companies. Mr. Lubitz served as Vice President – Finance of New World Restaurant Group.

BioScrip, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIOS) announced that Hai V. Tran, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, has tendered his resignation, effective March 27, 2015, in order to pursue other opportunities.

Full House Resorts, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLL) announced the appointment of Lewis Fanger as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Fanger served from June 2013 through February 2015 as a Vice President of Wynn Resorts, Limited. From August 2011 to June 2013, Mr. Fanger was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Creative Casinos, LLC. Mr. Fanger also served from June 2003 to August 2011 at Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. in various capacities, including as Vice President of Finance. Prior to that, Mr. Fanger worked as an equity research associate in the gaming group at Bear, Stearns & Co. in New York.

Cognitive Networks announced the appointment of Tim Driscoll as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Driscoll was CFO of Verimatrix. Prior to that, he provided finance and strategy consulting services to a number of early-stage companies, and managed direct investments at Mission Ventures.

Verimatrix announced that Charles Padgett has been named chief financial officer (CFO). Padgett joins Verimatrix from Cascadia Technology Group, where he served as founder and CEO, and led the sale of Cascadia Project Management in 2014. He has also previously served in senior management positions at Kofax, EMC, and Captiva Software. In addition, he has served as CFO of Aviarc, CFO of WFI (EMEA), an Entrepreneur in Residence at Boeing Technology Ventures and managing director of The Walter Group. Padgett also spent four years in public accounting as a CPA for KPMG.

Unum Group (NYSE: UNM) announced that Chief Financial Officer Richard McKenney has been named the Company’s next Chief Executive Officer. Effective April 1, 2015, McKenney will become President and be appointed to the Unum Board of Directors. Effective at the Company’s 2015 Annual Meeting, to be held in May, McKenney will become Chief Executive Officer. Jack McGarry, currently President and CEO of Closed Block Operations, will succeed McKenney as the Company’s CFO on April 1. Prior to joining Unum in 2009, McKenney was executive vice president and chief financial officer of Sun Life Financial, Inc. In 2004 he became CFO of Genworth Financial as part of the team that launched its initial public offering from GE. McKenney began his career at GE, transitioning in his roles from manufacturing to financial leadership. He joined GE Financial Assurance in 1996 and became their CFO in 2002. John (Jack) McGarry is president and CEO of Closed Block Operations for Unum Group. McGarry has led the Closed Block since 2012 when he returned to the U.S. after more than two years as president and CEO of Unum UK. Previously, McGarry was head of Risk Management for Unum US.

RREEF Property Trust, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZRPTAX) announced the appointment of Julianna Ingersoll as its Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President, Eric Russell as its Chief Financial Officer. Since 2012 and most recently, Ingersoll served as RREEF Property Trust’s Chief Financial Officer and Vice President. Previously she was with Deutsche AWM. Prior to joining Deutsche AWM, Ingersoll held various positions within Deutsche Bank’s Corporate Banking & Securities division including its Residential Mortgage Backed Securities group, the Office of Corporate Development and the Corporate Investments group, and the Technology Investment Banking team. Most recently, Russell served as RREEF Property Trust’s Assistant Treasurer. Since joining in 2000, Russell has served as a Controller in the Real Estate Fund Finance Group. Prior to joining Deutsche Bank, he served as an Accounting Manager and Assistant Controller at iStar Financial, Inc. and as a Controller at Sierra National Home Warranty Corporation. Russell began his career in accounting at Grant Thornton as a Staff Auditor.

AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV) announced the appointment of Teresa Covington as interim chief financial officer. Covington succeeds Jikun Kim, who has resigned as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Since joining AeroVironment in 2011, Teresa Covington has served as a senior member of the company’s finance team. Prior to joining AeroVironment, Covington served as senior vice president and chief financial officer at Line 6.

Bigcommerce announced that Scott Dussault, COO and CFO at enterprise cloud storage provider Nasuni, has joined the company’s board of advisors. Previously, Dussault served as executive vice president and CFO at Demandware. Earlier in his career he served as CFO at Achivas, Inc.

ROBLOX announced the addition of Andrew Chmyz as Chief Financial Officer. Andrew Chmyz’s extensive executive experience includes CFO roles at SugarCRM, Marimba, and Medallia, as well as COO at Concentric Medical.

Salin Bank & Trust Company announced that Thomas Flournoy has joined the bank as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to his appointment with Salin Bank, Flournoy served as either Chief Financial Officer or Chief Operating Officer of five community banks in Georgia, Indiana, and Kentucky. He also spent 14 years as Controller at 1st Source Bank in northern Indiana. Since 2009, Flournoy has served as CFO at the First Bank of Georgia in Augusta.

TransFirst® announced that long-standing Chief Financial Officer, Mark Travis, has transitioned his role with the company to a consultative capacity and Nancy Disman, who joined TransFirst in 2014 as Senior Vice President for Investor Relations, has assumed the role of Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining TransFirst, Nancy served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer for Cynergy Data Corporation. She also spent 11 years at First Data Corporation in various finance and operations leadership positions, including Chief Operations Officer of the Retail and Alliances Services division and Chief Financial Officer of the Commercial Services division.

T3Media, Inc. announced the appointment of Mark Pougnet to the joint role of Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Pougnet joins from software provider Front Porch Digital where he led the successful sale of the business to Oracle in September 2014. He held executive financial and operational positions at companies such as Avaya, Paramount Pictures and Copan.

Kirkland’s, Inc. (NASDAQ: KIRK) announced that Adam Holland, most recently the Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer, will be appointed Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

BIOLASE, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIOL) reported that Frederick D. Furry has resigned as Chief Financial Officer to pursue other opportunities. Mr. Furry joined BIOLASE as Chief Financial Officer in November 2010.

Equity One, Inc. (NYSE: EQY) announced that Matthew Ostrower is expected to join the Company on March 3, 2015 as an Executive Vice President and will become its Chief Financial Officer upon the previously announced departure of Mark Langer, the Company’s current Chief Financial Officer, later this Spring. Mr. Ostrower most recently served as Managing Director and Associate Director of Research in Morgan Stanley’s European research department. Mr. Ostrower’s previous experience includes serving as portfolio manager of the Pioneer Real Estate Shares Mutual fund, eight years as a REIT equity analyst at Morgan Stanley, and performing capital raising and investment strategy for the Gerrity Group. Since 2010, Mr. Ostrower has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Ramco-Gershenson Property Trust, but is expected to resign from this position prior to joining the Company.

N30 Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that R. Michael Carruthers has been appointed to the position of chief financial officer (CFO). Most recently, Mr. Carruthers served on Array BioPharma Inc.’s executive team as the CFO. Prior to joining Array, Mr. Carruthers served as CFO of Sievers Instrument, Inc., and before joining Sievers was the treasurer and controller for the Waukesha division of Dover Corporation. Mr. Carruthers was previously employed as an accountant with Coopers & Lybrand, LLP.

Array BioPharma Inc. (NASDAQ: ARRY) announced that Michael Carruthers, Chief Financial Officer (CFO), will be leaving Array to pursue an opportunity in the biopharmaceutical industry. Dave Horin, a managing partner at Chord Advisers, has been appointed as interim CFO. Mr. Carruthers will consult with Array to ensure a smooth transition.